A few Questions on stuff to buy...

[Sijray21]

1. If you've got a decent pair of all-seasons, you don't need no steeeking snow tires. But if you've got some high performance jobbies, you should have three sets of wheels and tires. 1 for track, one for summer, and one for winter. Or better yet, 3 cars.

haha, i've got this setup going

1 set winter Bridgestone Bizzak LM-22's, they work incredible in the snow. Only used for late dec through mid march in the h-burg area. HIGHLY recommended if you plan on driving in a lot of snow or about 1 full month of the year.

1 set all-season for mileage/multipurpose/cheap use. Kumho ASX's, they're cheap and they get the job done.

1 set track/auto-x. Falken Azenis

Granted it cost me a lot to get all of these but not having to worry about buying new tires for a while is nice. I've put about 20k miles on my all-seasons, my winter's are probably good for another 3 years, had them for 2 so 5 years is about the limit anyway, and the Falkens will be good for about 4-5 maybe 6 more events.

Storage is a bitch though, i have an Azenis table in the living room, works well

i say just get a good set of performance tires and a set of snow tires (if it snows a lot). i might sell my snow set next year since i'm goign to be living in Northern va

but high performance all-season...not worth it imo....too expensive, just stick out the snow with the performance tires or don't drive until the roads are plowed

and for the car cover, if driven all the time, just wash it every three weeks or so, you'll be fine.